Picked up my number at the Rec Center and drove over to the Cove. I warmed up for 3 miles before the race. I saw a couple of guys at the start that looked fairly fast, but no one too fast. My biggest weakness right now is the lack of tempos, races, and speedwork, so I don't have much speed. Besides my right hammy is still way tight. I would do better in a longer race I think. I was supposed to run a 10k, but it was cancelled because they only had 20 people sign up.
A couple of guys took off right away, but I soon caught all but the Bingham kid. He was about 10 seconds ahead of me after a mile and I wasn't gaining. At first I thought he would come back to me, but he kept the same pace as me the whole race. My splits were: 5:36, 5:40, and 5:35, last .18 was :43 seconds. The Bingham kid finished about 8 seconds ahead. I felt fine, just not enough speed to catch people yet. It was good to get a race in today. I need one more long run and then I will hit some fast tempos I hope in the next two weeks. Not a bad showing for me since the last 5k was flatter and I ran it in over 19 min. Ran back to get my truck after and went a longer way to get 4 miles.
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